The reasons you procrastinate -- and how to finally stop

Life Kit by NPR

Sep 1, 202615:48Health

Want to finally stop doomscrolling and actually do the thing you've been putting off? Itamar Shatz, author of the book Solving Procrastination, explains the evolutionary reason we avoid difficult tasks and the research-b...

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